Activities at Oulton Park Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
We have a wonderful team here at Oulton Park and we all work together to provide a stimulating, active environment for our residents that live here. We are always looking for new and innovative ideas for our residents to be part of here, and our activities coordinator works very hard on planning and providing a stimulating busy schedule of activities, as well as assisting the residents with their daily living preferences. We have regular meetings with our families and residents to make sure we are providing things to suit their preferences. We as a home are registered with the National Activity Providers Association and strive to provide a person-centred approach for our residents here.
Louise Hunter-Hall
Hello my name is Louise, I am the life enrichment and activities coordinator at Oulton park care centre.
I joined Oulton Park late 2023 but I have worked in the care industry for over 20 years and I have a compassion for my role and work. During the 20years I have supported many different adults with different care needs including, nursing care, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, independent living and 1:1 needs. I have both my level 2&3 in care and level 2 in sign language.
At Oulton my role is to create and organise a range of engaging and meaningful activities. My role brings me a great deal of comfort and joy.
If I can just make 1 persons life better during my working day at Oulton Park then the day has been a success. I feel honoured, fortunate and blessed to do the job I do.
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Oulton Park Care Home
Sing along with Vibettes
With the help of the Vibettes, we travelled back to 1940's, 1950’s and 1960's as we sang all the old-time classics.
We all had a wonderful time as we danced and sang along to some amazing songs. Some residents even reminisced about their youth, remembering when the songs came out and hearing their parents sing along in their kitchen.
Great fun was had by all.
Trip to the local bar
What a wonderful afternoon we had at The Waveney Oulton Broad with our lovely Gordon who enjoyed a tasty cold beer and a bag of crisps with a good old natter.
Whilst we were there, we also enjoyed a competitive game of pool. It took only a short while to learn how to play, but he soon got it!
Once we had finished, we enjoyed a walk around the park enjoying the broads and the wildlife, and we even got the chance to visit Banksy's artwork.
It was such a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
New Year's Eve
The residents celebrated New Year's Eve with a party where we sang along to songs from the 40s, 50s and 60s.
We all enjoyed tasty cakes and treats prepared by the chef and, alongside, we enjoyed a tasty glass of bubbly. We sat together talking about things we had done together in 2024, laughing at some of the amazing memories we had made during the year.
And we look forward to the new memories we can make in 2025!
A 'Chuffing' Good Time!
Making wishes come true for our resident Ernest.
Ernest has always expressed his deep passion and interest in trains and when asked where the place he wished he could go would be, he said he would love to go and see the trains.
With time and planning, we were able to team up with the Waveney valley model railway club to make it come true. With the use of sensory oil, the smells and sounds of trains, plus the wonderful display, it made you feel like you were in a train station.
It was a truly wonderful afternoon.
Christmas Card Appeal!
This year, for our Christmas card appeal, we received 170 Christmas cards from all over England and even received a card from New Zealand.
Last year launched our 'care of Christmas appeal', where we asked members of the local community to send Christmas cards to our residents to spread the Christmas spirit to those who don’t have or have very little family to celebrate the Christmas season with.
Last year was such a success and brought so much joy to the residents. So we started the appeal again in 2024 and it had spread even further. The residents were so happy with all the cards they had received.
Christmas Party
What a wonderful residents' Christmas party!
We had fun games, live music, dancing, smiles and laughter which filled the home.
Residents and staff also enjoyed some tasty treats made by the kitchen team, they even got to cut into their Christmas cake which they had been working on, and it was delicious.
The afternoon was filled with so much fun.
